Perfect for a party, this extraordinary swirl of a hat was featured on the cover of Tatler magazine’s Christmas 1982 issue. A firmly wired frame ensures that the tilted twist retains its shape. Stephen Jones is the consummate milliner: an inventor with thorough technical expertise. Jones studied at Central Saint Martins School of Art and trained in millinery part-time with Shirley Hex of Lachasse. He opened his Covent Garden shop in 1980.
Physical description
Hat of green hatter's plush velvet and yellow silk satin twist with coq feathers.
Place of Origin
Great Britain, UK (designed)
Date
1982 (made)
Artist/maker
Jones, Stephen, born 1957 (milliner)
Materials and Techniques
Plush velvet with silk satin and feathers
Object history note
Registered File number 1989/501
Descriptive line
Hat 'Tatlin' of plush velvet and silk satin twist with feathers, designed by Stephen Jones, Great Britain, 1982
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
de la Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. V&A Publications: London, 1997. pp. 146 and 147.
McDowell, Colin. McDowell's Directory Of Twentieth Century Fashion. London: Frederick Muller, 1984, pp. 128
Exhibition History
Collecting for the future (01/01/1990-31/12/1990)
Hats An Anthology by Stephen Jones (Victoria and Albert Museum 24/02/2009-31/05/2009)
The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997 (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/01/1997-31/12/1997)
Labels and date
Perfect for a party, this extraordinary swirl of a hat was featured on the cover of Tatler magazine, Christmas 1982. A firmly wired frame ensures that the tilted twist retains its shape. Stephen Jones is the consummate milliner: an inventor with thorough technical expertise. [1997]
LADY'S HAT
Designed by Stephen Jones (British)
Velour and satin with feathers
1982
This dazzling hat appeared on the cover of Tatler magazine. Sculpted in spiralling, luminous fabrics and delicate featherwork, it perches gracefully on the head, like the plumage of an exotic bird.
A graduate of St Martin's School of Art, Stephen Jones is one of the most outrageous and daring of Britain's young milliners. His clientele now ranges from the Princess of Wales to Grace Jones and he also creates hats for several leading designers, including Benny Ong, Zandra Rhodes, Steven Linard, Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler.
Given by Bouke de Vries
T.222-1989 [1990]
Materials
Silk (textile); Feathers
Techniques
Satin weave; Plush
Categories
Textiles; Fashion; Hats & headwear
Production Type
Haute couture
Collection code
T&F
